23min of Ska : Holiday Special!

Can you believe it? I got enough awesome internet scraped together to release an episode this week! Finding ska holiday songs, oh that was easy! There’s so much quality on that front out there! Go take a look, you’re bound to find more gems for yourself! Happy holidays everyone!

00:00 – the Pomps – Christmas is Melting Me (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
04:14 – TAFB – X-Mas Songs (Maybe Next Year: A Totally Awesome Fun X-Mas ’09)
07:08 – Backyard Superheroes – I Want an Alien for Christmas (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
09:10 – the Spectacles – Santa’s Beard (Hail Santa! comp ’18)
10:52 – Millington – Christmas Song (Don’t Wanna Hear Another) (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
13:19 – Oklahoma Stackhouse – Bells in My Head (Requiem for a Sleigh Ride) (Bells in My Head (Requiem for a Sleigh Ride) ’20)
17:35 – the Scotch Bonnets – Winter Reggae Party (Ring the Bells / Winter Reggae Party ’21)
20:22 – Inokasira Rangers – Last Christmas (Last Christmas / Wonderful Christmas Time ’18)

Keep this episode as a gift to open every Christmas

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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Thanks to Scott for providing Murphy for this episode!

23min of Ska : Louie and the Rude Girl

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to a new session of 23min of Ska! I’m going to try for the next 23 weeks to keep it fresh, current and fun, so that all of you all are finding some killer new songs to dance to and rad new bands to become a fan of. Deal?

00:00 – Kmoy – Since 1989 (The Precure Album ’21)
01:59 – Eastern Standard Time – I have Something to Say (Still Stubborn – Volume 1 comp ’22)
05:03 – the Von Tramps ft. Rundown Kreeps – Sunflower (Sunflower ’21)
08:17 – Millington – Don’t Let Me Cave In (Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m 36 comp ’21)
11:37 – Radio Rocksteady – Dear Murov (Toska Po Domu ’21)
15:14 – the Upsessions – Walk don’t Run (SoundClash Series Vol.2 ’22)
18:07 – Maxwell Smart – Made (Made ’21)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
(no Spotify or Youtube links please)
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

23min of Ska : I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

Alright let’s get started on a new session of 23min of Ska! YEAH! The theme is drinks… but we’re also keeping up on the “keep it current” theme we’ve been hyper focused on! Here’s a new episode that has a lot of BRAND NEW SKA for you! As always, I hope you enjoy this cool, crisp, episode. 23min of Ska is the official ska podcast of Summer!

00:00 – Bumpin Uglies – Right & Clever (Right & Clever ’21)
03:42 – Catbite – Call Your Bluff (Nice One ’21)
06:13 – the Toy Yodas – LA (LA (MU330 Cover) ’21)
09:00 – Last Reel Hero – No Fool for You (Last Reel Hero ’18)
11:06 – Epic XVIII – Set Your Mind at Ease (Hey Girl) (Hey Girl ’20)
13:02 – Fink’s Constant – Smile (Hanging by a Thread ’20)
17:09 – Millington feat. Call Me Malcolm – Strangers (Brass Emo, Vol. 1 ’20)
20:21 – Punch the Clown – Fly Me to the Moon (Punch the Clown is a Hit Machine ’21)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat!

Download this episode so you can listen to it any time you’d like!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

23min of Ska Cross Over : the Rudie Librarian

On YouTube there’s a ska fan that loves books, this man is the Rudie Librarian! He’s a pretty great go to for any kind of book, even comics, and he talks about ska when he fit it in. But hey, it’s not just videos, there’s also a bunch of well written articles too! Brian is very talented and I’m happy to have had him pick a bunch of this episode’s songs!

00:00 – Millington – Beatdown Generation (Beatdown Generation ’20)
03:08 – Skapeche Mode – Personal Jesus (Some Great Rewards Club ’18)
03:30 – the Holophonics – DRC2018 (Phantom Arrival ’18)
09:42 – the Sensations – Everybody Loves Me (the Sensations ’10)
11:29 – the Abruptors – With My Luck (Love & Other Disasters ’19)
14:09 – the JB Conspiracy – Nothing You Can Do (This Machine ’07)
16:19 – Half Past Two – Rock You Out (It’s About Time ’09)
19:52 – Five Iron Frenzy – While Supplies Last (Ska Against Racism comp ’20)

If you want to file away this episode forever, feel free to download it

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat!

23min of Ska : Both Feet on the Floor

When I started this episode, and finished it a few weeks ago (sorry I’ve been working ahead a bit, I have been busy with my essential job (second aside: I don’t come into contact with many people, so don’t worry for me)) I didn’t expect the world to go to hell… I almost scraped this for a more pointed episode addressing America’s dire situation… but in the end this episode that I had assembled kept bringing me joy as I listened to it, and I want to bring you all joy as well in these, now very, troubling times. Be well my friends, take care of yourselves and care and help out others in need.

00:00 – the Players Band feat. Steven Jackson – Get in the Van (Skamörgåsbord ’20)
02:33 – Dan P. – Heartbeat Survival (Heartbeat Survival ’20)
06:04 – Half Past Two – Lyin’ Eyes (Lyin’ Eyes ’20)
09:17 – Millington – Let You In (Beatdown Generation ’20)
12:56 – los Kurados – Cows Can’t Read (Rabia Ska ’20)
14:52 – the Planet Smashers – What’s Going Down (Too Much Information ’19)
18:07 – Hobo Chili – Hobo Chili (Salt of the Earth ’20)
19:59 – Younger Than Neil – I Choo-Choo-Choose You (Sunk Cost ’20)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat or to buy some records from our partners in crime over at Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, they carry some great vinyl ska records!

23min of Ska Convoy : the New, the Old & the Local

Ska music has been a big part of my life for over the past 20 years. I even met my wife because of ska music. Being a teenager in Orange County, California in the mid 90’s you couldn’t escape ska music. However, when others stopped listening, ska music stayed in heavy rotation with me.

For this playlist, I followed a very simple plan to make it. I picked something old, something new and something local. Five Iron Frenzy, The O.C. Supertones and Less Than Jake are the bands I’ve been listening to the longest. Millington and The Skluttz are the newest bands on the list. Half Past Two, Hooray For Our Side and Codename:Rocky are some of my favorite hometown bands. I hope you enjoy my picks.

00:00 – O.C. Supertones – Supertones Strike Back (the Supertones Strike Back ’97)
02:37 – Hooray for Our Side – Don’t Panic (Overture ’15)
05:05 – Codename: Rocky – Ctl Alt Del (Reboot ’16)
07:22 – Less Than Jake – Motown Never Sounded so Good (Anthem ’03)
09:55 – the Skluttz – Ska Police (Confidence is Key ’20)
13:15 – Millington – Big Man on Campus (Millington ’18)
16:45 – Half Past Two – See You Again (See You Again ’20)
19:19 – Five Iron Frenzy – Cool Enough for You (Upbeats & Beatdowns ’97)

RJ sez: On the Upbeat is a hell of a fun podcast, go back and listen to the older episodes while the show is on break! And for full disclosure, Matt had picked different songs for Hooray for Our Side and Half Past Two, but after Half Past Two put out this killer new single we both knew it had to be included. This, of course, threw off the timing of the episode, so I offered up a change to the Hooray for Our Side song to even things out. Luckily Matt agreed and we have another rad episode!

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Also, feel free to download this episode if you wanna keep it forever.

Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast the Ska After Party or to buy some records from our partners in crime over at Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, they carry some great vinyl ska records!